BILL NUMBER: ACR 124	CHAPTERED  05/01/00

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER   51
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   MAY 1, 2000
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 27, 2000
	ADOPTED IN SENATE   APRIL 13, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 13, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MARCH 30, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Havice
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Aanestad, Ackerman, Alquist, Aroner,
Ashburn, Bates, Battin, Baugh, Bock, Brewer, Briggs, Calderon,
Cardenas, Cedillo, Correa, Cox, Cunneen, Davis, Dickerson, Dutra,
Firebaugh, Florez, Frusetta, Gallegos, Hertzberg, Honda, House,
Jackson, Keeley, Knox, Kuehl, Leach, Lempert, Leonard, Longville,
Lowenthal, Maldonado, Margett, Mazzoni, McClintock, Migden, Nakano,
Olberg, Oller, Robert Pacheco, Rod Pacheco, Papan, Pescetti, Reyes,
Romero, Runner, Scott, Shelley, Steinberg, Strickland, Strom-Martin,
Thompson, Thomson, Torlakson, Washington, Wayne, Wesson, Wiggins,
Wildman, Wright, and Zettel)
   (Coauthors:  Senators Alarcon, Alpert, Bowen, Brulte, Burton,
Chesbro, Costa, Dunn, Escutia, Figueroa, Hayden, Hughes, Johannessen,
Johnson, Johnston, Karnette, Kelley, Knight, Leslie, Lewis,
McPherson, Monteith, Morrow, Mountjoy, Murray, O'Connell, Ortiz,
Peace, Perata, Polanco, Poochigian, Rainey, Schiff, Sher, Solis,
Speier, Vasconcellos, and Wright)

                        FEBRUARY 11, 2000

   Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 124--Relative to Gold Star
Mothers Week.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 124, Havice.  Gold Star Mothers Week.
   This measure would designate the last Monday in May, and the week
following, as Gold Star Mothers Week in honor of the heroic
sacrifices of our fallen men and women and of the sacrifices made by
their loving parents.




   WHEREAS, To bear a Gold Star is to display the loss of one's child
to war, as a recognition of the grand sacrifices of our fighting men
and women, and to facilitate this acknowledgment there was founded,
in the District of Columbia, an organization called the American Gold
Star Mothers, originally incorporated on January 5, 1929, and
comprised of mothers who had lost a son or daughter in World War I;
and
   WHEREAS, Eligibility for membership was expanded to include
mothers who lost a son or daughter in World War II, the Korean War,
the Vietnam War, or the Persian Gulf War; and
   WHEREAS, Countless thousands displayed the Gold Star and did
acknowledge that their child had helped to secure the blessings of
liberty for this and all future generations; and
   WHEREAS, In the windows of America can still be seen a shimmering
gold star, each representing a child lost but never forgotten.  This
candlelit display of a gold star accompanies the loss of ones so
cherished and so generous as were our fallen heroes; and
   WHEREAS, The purpose of the American Gold Star Mothers is to keep
alive and develop the spirit that promoted world service and maintain
the ties of fellowship born of that service and to assist and
further all patriotic work; and
   WHEREAS, To inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the
community, state, and nation and to assist veterans of World War I,
World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Persian Gulf War,
and other strategic areas and their dependents in the presentation of
claims to the Veterans' Administration, aid in any way in their
power the men and women who served and died or were wounded or
incapacitated during hostilities, and perpetuate the memory of those
whose lives were sacrificed in our wars; and
   WHEREAS, To maintain true allegiance to the United States of
America, inculcate lessons of patriotism and love of the country in
the communities in which we live, inspire respect for the Stars and
Stripes in the youth of America, extend needful assistance to all
American Gold Star Mothers and, whenever possible, their descendents,
and promote peace and good will for the United States and all other
nations; and
   WHEREAS, Members of the American Gold Star Mothers spend countless
hours contributing both time and resources to provide volunteer
services for veterans and their family members; now, therefore, be it

   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature does hereby designate the
last Monday in May, and the week following, as "Gold Star Mothers
Week," and in this way may Californians be urged to pay heed to the
heroic sacrifices of our fallen men and women and of the sacrifices
made by their loving parents.
